I don't know if you've ever heard of/played Dear Esther, but from 0:00 to 0:44 it is very reminiscent of that soundtrack, from then on it gets epic and not quite like anything I've heard before. Well done, the Arabic and Western influences work perfectly, bringing the piece together as for an amazing 3 minutes and 26 seconds.
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bassfiddlejones responds:
:) I'm checking out the soundtrack - it's pretty fantastic! I can see how it's a bit reminiscent in ways. Thanks for the feedback, happy you liked it! :D
This was a fine piece of olden arab melody and metal novelty. A profound deficiency: no lyrics, just arabesques.
bassfiddlejones responds:
Thank you for the review, I'm glad you enjoyed it! This wasn't meant to be a lyrical piece - all of the vocals were actually a complete afterthought that we felt fit in well with the piece.
Now that NGADM is over and the judges are finally done with complaining about my songs, I was looking forward to writing tons of scathing reviews on your guys' songs, so that I could FINALLY HAVE MY REVENGE!! But instead I found this amazing song which is practically perfect. Way to ruin my fun, you JERK.
No but really this piece is amazing. Those brass blasts are just so tasty. My only complaint is that repetitive string melody that plays on top of them. I also love that soaring vocal and the decidedly arabic feel of the melodies, which works without feeling cliche.
And at electric guitar too... just really well done all around.
bassfiddlejones responds:
JUDGEMENT ALL AROUND!
Thanks for the kind review johnfn. I'd probably do this a little differently now if we were to compose it today, and change some of our generic approaches. We wrote this nearly three years ago now that I think about it... man! Time flies.
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